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Camp nuts? 30-Mar-2007 At 11:06:52 PM skink

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Camp an unknown brand? Dude? They have been making climbing gear since before Chouinard was born! They just happen to be a continental brand (Italian) so us here in the colonies don't see as much of their stuff as the UK (Wild Country, DMM) and US (Black Diamond, Metolius) stuff....

Anyway, my first hand experience:

My first quickdraws all had Camp 'biners and these have been my work-horse biners - they are still going strong 10 years later (the biners, nylon has been replaced) - gate action still good on every one.

Camp make tri-cams, of which I religiously carry the pink - for this alone Camp should be legendary.

I have two of their ball-nuts which I don't often carry, but I have caught a climbing partners fall where the first piece of pro he came on to popped (a poor nut placement) - his next piece down, which also happened to be his LAST piece, was the second smallest Camp ball-nut and it held fine. Wasn't a long fall, but there also wasn't much rope out, so the ball-nut took a quite a hit - took me an age to get it out when I eventually followed up.

Their cams aren't as sexy as BD and Wild Country, but one of my climbing partners has a full set and they do the biz.

I have a couple of Dyneema 120cm and 60cm sewn slings by Camp - quality is the same as the big names (DMM, WC) but they were 25% cheaper.

I bought a few of their latest Nano wiregate biners, they are awesome for the gear/bolt side of 'draws, but because they are so small clipping rope to them is a bit tricky.

I know many people who have happily used their helmets, ice-axes and crampons.

Their websites: http://www.camp.it/ and http://www.camp-usa.com/

And finally, all their gear is UIAA and CE approved, so don't worry about the safety side.

I have never used their nuts, but given the above I am confident they won't let you down (excuse the pun).

Basically, it isn't budget gear, it's just not trendy gear :o)